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Show liil NEW YORK, TAMMANY 1"' 2 AND WILSON. Hll Cqmmenting -on New York politics Hn t in relation to tho prospective candl- ijj. j dacy of Woodrow Wilson for re-clcc- H' L 1 tin, the Butte Post says: HQ! ' J Wherein they nre related to next Hl, , year's Democratic chances, the elec- Hj ( jl L tion results of last week in New York Hji jG N are interesting. Up the stato the Hjjlfhj Democrats showed losses, but Tarn- Hfilt'll many carried the metropolis. That Is il H ' significant. In 1912 Tammany had H j) all the worst of It In the Baltimoro Hy Ij convention, but the organization help- H! ih ' ed to carry New York for Wilson. H b( In return Tammany had no share in H8g v the spoils. On the contrary, during H fi the first half of (ho Wilson term H W Boss Murphy and his men fared bad- H ' jj ly ltt all Instances when the admin- H jg istration's influence was felt. Last H IS year Tammany's choice for governor H il)) and, as well. Us candidate for mayor H H of Greater New York went to defeat. H I j That cut off a great amount of pat- H II j ' ronago and plunder, and things looked H IP i ver gloomy for Tammany many H ll) I were the predictions of the society's M m Impending dissolution. But last M j' Hi Tuesday Tammany won practically M . everything In sight, from the sheriff Hf Ml down. The tiger will feast on the Hi ju spoils; no doubt these fat years will B j be obliged to make up for the recent B If ' lean ones In the experience of many M Hi of the faithful. Refreshed and H i strengthened and restored to power, H; Ij' Tammany will be In shape to take a HI ir hand in next year's politics and to H (I ! tell Woodrow Wilson what's what as H ' far as election-day strength in the B III i metropolis is concerned. During a B 'I j period of fifty-five years long two Hl Hi ' Democrats have had the presidency. H'lll , Grover Cleveland was not on friendly Hjlf 2 terms with Tammany at tho time H(j when he received his firBt nomination HJ I for president That time It was in H1 j 1884 he carried New York by an ex- H tremely close margin. Four years H' 111 i later he lost New York and the coun- H!f 1 tnr- Then, in his third run, in 1892, H5 i ho carried New York and the country. HjS' ; To the end his relations with Tam- HS i m&ny wore strained. Two years ago Bji ! and thereafter many Wilson men as- Bj R sumed that Tammany was done for. J if But It Is as strong as ever In Its old H g baliwlck. It will be a big factor in H R next year's presidential election. What fljlf will President Wilson and his cam- M Q palgn managers do about it? They ir must come forward with amends and with a good many valuable and prac- Hljjj ) tical considerations if they want Tarn- H 3 raany's help. |